BrightSide Theatre offers fun-filled summer camps to enlighten, educate, and entertain both experienced and first–time performers. Campers are welcome between the ages of 6 and 18. There is a limit of 35 campers per session.
2024 Summer Program The Little Mermaid, Jr.
Campers will learn the art of musical theatre acting, including what it means to be a character and how to portray their character through dialogue, choreography, and song. Building their skills and self-confidence, campers will learn and perform Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Jr. with costumes and props culminating in a free 60-minute performance on the evening on the final day of camp.
Directed by De Haddad
Musically Directed by Meghan Kessel
Choreographed by Shane Alexander Brown
Both camp sessions will be two weeks: Monday through Friday from 9am-2pm
All Camps will be held indoors at BrightSide Theatre’s Rehearsal Studio 1989 University Lane, Unit D, Lisle, IL 60532.
The First Session Performance will be 5pm on Friday, July 19 at the Wagner Pavilion at the 95th Street Public Library in Naperville.
The Second Session Performanace will be 11am on Saturday, August 3 at The Community Park, 1825 Short Street in Lisle.
Roles will be assigned based on an online audition after registration and fees are paid. There will be no refunds based on casting decisions.
Masks will be optional based on your comfortability. No proof of vaccination will be required, however all staff will be fully vaccinated.
Camp Size limited to 35 campers per camp.
Camp Tuition is $425. If you have siblings, please call 630.447.8497 to receive the sibling discount. A commemorative T-Shirt is provided to each camp student.
Meet Our Staff
Director
Music Director
Choreographer
Take a Look at Past Camp Photos
De Haddard – Director
De holds a BFA in Musical Theater with a dance minor from Millikin University. She has been a theatrical director in the Naperville and surrounding area for 16 years. Favorite Directing credits: Spamalot, Addams Family, She Kills Monsters, The Hobbit. Favorite acting roles: Gabriella – High School Musical, Mother Superior – Sound of Music, and Marty – Grease.
Meghan Kessel – Music Director
Meghan holds a degree of Music Education from Loyola University New Orleans. She joined BrightSide in 2021 as a performer in Promises, Promises. Most recently she was onstage in A Little Night Music. Meghan also teaches voice and piano at Old Town School of Folk Music and performs in TYA musicals with AlphaBet Soup Productions. As a music director, some of her favorite shows have been Joseph…Dreamcoat, Mamma Mia, and Sister Act Jr.
Shane Alexander Brown – Choreographer
Shane Alexander Brown is originally from San Francisco, California– now lives and works in Villa Park as a dance and cheer coach. Shane was most recently seen in Brightside Theatre’s fall production of A Little Night Music. Prior to moving to the Midwest Shane was a fulltime shows and parades performer at Walt Disney World where he danced onstage in live television events with Ariana Grande and Derek and Julianne Hough, even a short segment with Whoopi Goldberg. Shane holds a BFA in Acting and Musical Theatre, and was nominated for the Kennedy Center’s Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship six times. Shane also received training through the Open Jar Institute in New York City, and the studio program at Black Box Acting Studio in Chicago. Favorite roles include Baby John in West Side Story, and Cornelius in Hello, Dolly!